The Science Cities Research Alliance has seen a number of spinout companies formed to commercialise successful Warwick research findings from the three associated SCRA technology programmes – Advanced Materials, Energy Futures and Translational Medicine. Particle physicist Dr Yorck Ramachers and condensed matter physicist Dr Gavin Bell are both founding directors of spin-out company UVdyne Ltd, developing state-of-the-art ultra-violet light detectors. UVdyne Ltd brings together scientific and technical expertise from two very diverse disciplines: particle physics and materials science.

Medherant was founded in 2014 to commercialise research into polymeric bioadhesives, and in 2015 the company signed an exclusive license agreement with Bostik, which supplements Medherant's capabilities to develop a new generation of medicinal patch technologies.

Technologies developed at the University of Warwick frequently have commercial potential but occasionally those technologies also promise to transform an entire industry. Anvil Semiconductors promises cheaper, more efficient power conversion – and an end to our reliance on silicon-based devices.

Recycling Technologies is one of the newer companies to be spun out of the University of Warwick, but it is already engaged in some exciting partnerships that look set to establish the technology as a major UK recycling solution.